Watson v. State

The issue presented is whether the circuit court erred in entering an order summarily denying the appellant’s motion to correct illegal sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We find that the court erred by not attaching to its order any record which conclusively refuted the appellant’s claim. Therefore, we reverse and remand for further proceedings on the motion.

The motion indicates that the appellant was on probation for a 1998 case when he committed a new crime in 2007. The appellant admitted to the violation of probation and pled no contest to the new crime. The…